socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
(noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; “the socialization of children to the norms of their culture”
acculturation, assimilation
(noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
acculturation, culture
(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acculturation (countable and uncountable, plural acculturations)
A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.
Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation.
Source: Wiktionary
8 June 2025
(noun) (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
